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May 17, 2013 @ 12:47 am

Tea party tax returns show activism on a budget

Dozens of tea party groups and other conservative organizations of the kind subjected to improper scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service operated with small budgets and rarely displayed overt partisan activities, according to an Associated Press review of public tax filings by 93 such activist groups. A few groups built million-dollar operations and political ties that could have been legitimate grounds for IRS investigation, tax law experts said.
May 17, 2013 @ 12:38 am

Military sexual assaults by the numbers

As senior military leaders and government officials grapple with how to reduce sexual assaults in the military, a Pentagon report provides details of the problem. The numbers may not add up in all cases due to rounding or smaller categories that were not included.
May 16, 2013 @ 5:27 pm

House bill protects homeland security budget

A Republican-controlled House panel moved Thursday to protect the Department of Homeland Security from the big cuts facing other domestic agencies under the party's budget slashing plan.
May 16, 2013 @ 5:27 pm

House immigration group reaches a deal

A bipartisan group of House members announced a deal Thursday on sweeping immigration legislation, a breakthrough that could boost chances for one of President Barack Obama's top second-term priorities.
May 16, 2013 @ 4:23 pm

Officials: Soldier accused sex assault named

U.S. officials have identified the Fort Hood soldier accused of sexual assault, including possibly arranging for at least one woman to have sex for money. He is Sgt. 1st Class Gregory McQueen, coordinator of a sexual assault prevention program at the Texas post.
May 16, 2013 @ 4:07 pm

Obama taps Giffords for Fulbright board

President Barack Obama is tapping former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords for the board that selects recipients for Fulbright scholarships.
May 16, 2013 @ 3:45 pm

Another round for the House on 'Obamacare'

One more time, with feeling! The Republican-led House voted yet again Thursday to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, knowing full well that won't stop it.
May 16, 2013 @ 3:31 pm

Interior issues new drilling rule on public land

Companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands will be required to disclose publicly the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, the Obama administration said Thursday. The new "fracking" rule replaces a draft proposed last year that was withdrawn amid industry complaints that federal regulation could hinder an ongoing boom in natural gas production.
May 16, 2013 @ 3:09 pm

Justice Dept. faulted over terrorist identities

The government allowed "a small but significant number" of terrorists into America's witness protection program and then failed to provide the names of some of them for a watch list that's used to keep dangerous people off airline flights, the Justice Department's inspector general says.
May 16, 2013 @ 3:07 pm

Biographical information on Daniel Werfel

Biographical information on Acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Daniel Werfel:
May 16, 2013 @ 2:58 pm

Subpoena of AP records revives media shield bill

The controversy over the government's secret subpoena of Associated Press telephone records has revived legislation that protect journalists from having to reveal their sources to federal investigators _ and the White House is endorsing the idea.
May 16, 2013 @ 2:25 pm

Second court invalidates Obama recess appointment

A second federal appeals court has found that President Barack Obama exceeded his power when he bypassed the Senate to install a member to the National Labor Relations Board.
May 16, 2013 @ 1:16 pm

Congress rethinks 9/11 law on military force

Congress is rethinking the broad authority it gave the president to wage a war on terror after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in light of how President Barack Obama has used the power to target suspected terrorists with lethal drone strikes.
May 16, 2013 @ 1:12 pm

Senate confirms physicist Moniz as energy chief

Physicist Ernest Moniz won unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to be the nation's new energy secretary.
May 16, 2013 @ 12:44 pm

US sanctions on 4 Syrian ministers, rebel leader

The Obama administration has added four Syrian government ministers to a U.S. terror blacklist as well as the leader of an al-Qaida-linked organization fighting President Bashar Assad's (bah-SHAR' AH'-sahd) regime.

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